Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-04
The schoolgirl and the Doctor.

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l'ePgriGbted. 1885,,
l once asked a teacher in a New York
private school Ia nnestion her class of GO
girls i'm nv nrosonoo &C 80 +ho ,,,,o of
49,, -, W 'o ~
WHICH lheS went " Dsu Ihe hlsut pe'oIe'
The eplies received put me IN possession
of the fact that the average Young woman
Of that groun or Urls ranging in age from
20 80 20 - 80, ~.
n"'' pun He' "7au oH NC
Pillow attwehty minutes before midnight
The teacher expressed no surprise. Not
one of the girls thought the hour required
an excuse.
This Incident was recalled to my mind
the other day BY the latest project OF the
Collegiate Alumne. This association,
winch includes among its members some
1000 graduates from the wcmen's colleges
and c0-educational schools OF the country,
and which has its headquarters at Bos-
Ton, with branch organizations IN New
YORK, Washington, Chicago and san
francisco, has taken the POSITION from
the hrst that education is per sc physi-
cally beneficial TO women. Their health
statistics, compiled and published some
TWO years ago, bore them out IN 80 Tar
that they estaollshed-to The extent that
ngures can establish anything-the fact
that Ine college girPs health is, both be-
fore and IN the years Immediately follow
ing graduation, somewhat Better IMAM
That OF the working girl and great deal
better than that OF the average house
keeper.
But tnere renamed tnose other facts
which ethe able editor never wearies-
wnen politics run dry ana even abuse OF
the mugwump pails--of finging III our
poor, pathd FEMININE races, to VII; the
alarming mortailty among young marIea
women, educated as we'll as unenucated,
the pPoVerblai seml-lnVaiidlsm OF the
American woman OF any age and the in
oreaslhk NUMBER oi nervous diseases arls-
Ing from exhausted VltaHty-preVaient
among younS girls eVen-and pointing 10
weakness ALREADY estapllsned before the
age OF 10.
Notnlng dsunted ny condition OF
altairs "nlcn IS oy no means OF so recent
Origin as tne &Ole ecltor lmsglnes, ana
wh'ch Dis prototype OF hundred years
ago was already making mater OF ac-
cusation agalnst our Rrcat-great-grand-
motners' Ihe CoIIegiale Alnmnte nave
now set themselves the task oil collecting
lacts ana h+ures IN regard TO the oondl-
tiohs unoer wnlcn the AIMS rlcan %irl lives
from IL To 10, taxing me Sround that at IL
inc physician mistakes OF "oman.s lie
nave III great parI oeeh lnaue, and mat
ne 10" sIaHuaiu oi he6Hh I'd mature lie
Is 10 De charged 10 lack OF physical train.
ing III the growing years. IDey have a
corps OF ehergeuc workers In the held,
having called upon the entire list OF men,
Ders OF the organization VINO as educated
women. nave STAKE I'D tne result ana
can De trusted 10 look win dlllgence Tor
evidence, IL any oe forthcoming, taat II Is
h0t the Door put the conditions under
"nlch the DooK Is STUDIED that should be
heId responsible lor heaVy eyes and lag
ging steps.
nave an Idea that the college girls
VIII De louhd IN me right ana tnat they
can spare tDeir oahskfit routs and their
aluerentlal caISulus from me lnEestlga-
Clon 100 IL ooesn, take an English
alpnaoet' 10 say nothing OF Greek one,
10 ASSIST one 70 Few important conclll-
siohs' sat oesloe schooiglrI IN morse
car TINS morning. one 0io not ride above
elgnt DOCKS, ana her pate cheeks al d
lack OF ANIMATION showed that brlsk
walk Oh thSt distance, WIN a SNOWFALL
ngnt' II possiole' thrown In ny the way.
Wouid nave peeI better preparation Tor
yer u"5 'a.A' 1nses"o vi tahlug those
ulLeeh minutes vi Who'esoIhe exercise
mere s1e sdl, Ne oooA-iI was scoool
nlstoIy-ciosee IN per manu-, one nnger
narAihs we uaH lesson' WINE her lips
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